Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) causes severe crop losses worldwide, infecting primarily tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and pepper (Capsicum annuum). It was detected for the first time in 2014 Israel (Luria et al., 2017), then 2015 Jordan (Salem 2016), has since spread rapidly to other countries. In Americas, it reported Mexico (Cambrón-Crisantos 2018) USA (Ling 2019). December 2022, gr...

Florida is a leading producer of fresh-market tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) in the US, $262 million industry for state. In October 2019, eight tomato plants showing chlorotic, cupped leaves and stunted foliage (Fig. 1) were collected from c. 1.6 ha community garden Alachua County, Florida. The symptoms observed characteristic Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV). Samples tested by PCR using ...